In Matthew 18:15-18, Jesus illustrates how this process is to work. Jesus says, "treat them as you would a pagan or tax collector (Mt 18:17)." sinful" are like a contagious disease that if left unabated will soon infect the entire church (2 Tim 2:16 -17). They must be put out, for their own good (see and 1 Cor. 5:4-5 and 1 Tim 1:18-20), but especially for

You don't need to pray in the name of Saint So & So Acts 10:23-26 (NIV) CONTEXT: Peter has just had the Today: 1 Corinthians 14

Acts 13:42-48 (NIV) CONTEXT: Paul & Barnabas preached the gospel in a synagogue in Antioch, and the people Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 16: The Doctrine of Election We believe Romans 1:16 says that the gospel - that is, the message of the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ Most of the verses that come before today's passage in chapter 13 record the first powerful sermon Paul

Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 13: The Doctrine of God’s Providence That is, those who, as Paul explains to the Ephesians, God knew before the creation of the cosmos.

to task for tolerating such an ugly sin and instructed them to "expel the wicked man from among you (1 ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - 1 Corinthians 4

Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 1 We all believe in our hearts and It weighs in at nearly 1,100 pages of very small type, and as its title implies, it explains in significant a speech at a theological conference attended by religious elites, or package His explanation in an 1,100

Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 1 We all believe in our hearts and

Psalm 121 (NIV) A song of ascents. 1 I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 13: The Doctrine of God’s Providence Summary Psalm 121 comes in a section of the Psalter which is known as the Songs of Ascents. As you walk the difficult route Christ has called you to follow, be sure to sing Psalm 121 to yourself

Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 1 We all believe in our hearts and that follows this, he's right back in the saddle again (The very next words famously begin chapter 12 because you don't understand what's going on, remember this tremendous doxology at the end of Romans 11 Today: Mark 10

Romans 9:6-16 (NIV) CONTEXT: Romans nine is one of the most difficult chapters in the Bible, dealing  not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” 13 Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” 14 What then shall we say? 15 For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom love) while not only Esau, but also his descendents after him, would be set apart from it (Malachi 1: